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He first achieved fame with Goodbye, Columbus (1959; film 1969), whose title story candidly depicts the boorish materialism of a wealthy Jewish suburban family. The collection earned a National Book Award. Roth’s first novel, Letting Go (1962), was followed in 1967 by When She Was Good, but he did not…
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